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VCU Will Enroll Record Number of Students
by Kyra Scarton Newman
University News Services
VCU than there was several years ago,"
President Eugene P. Trani told board
members. "This indeed is good news
when you look at the quality of the stu-ing
students has an average SAT of 1266
and 3.84 GPA.
VCU officials also emphasized the
enhanced demographic profile of the
freshman class. About a
President Named to State
Mecord 22,8.50 students are Technology Commission
expected to enroll this fall at Vir­°
nia Commonwealth Universi­ty
- including the university's second
fi'eshman class of more than 2,200 new
students, according to a Sept. 17 report
to the hoard of visitors.
"There is much greater demand for
VCU than there was several years ago."
quarter of the class is
African American, and
10 percent are Asian
American. The Hispan-
VIRGlNI';' Gov. Jim Gilmore has named Virginia
Commonwealth University President Eugene P.
Trani to the Governor's Commission on Information
Technology.
This year's enteling freshmen also
reflect incre<L"ing competition I()!· admit­tance
to VCU, which received .5,811
applications f()J. slots in the inc:oming
class. The students' average SAT scores
and high sc:hool grades are hoth stmnger
than the pre\~()l1s year.
"There is much greater demand f()r
More than 300 Greater Richmond resi·
de nts and our programs."
The average SAT score for fresh­men
is 1026, up 14 points from last year.
The School of Engineering has its
strongest freshman class yet, with an
average SAT of 1247 and GPA of 3.66
among e ngineering majors; VCU's first
ch" of freshman biomedical engineer-dents
turned out for the first class of "Mini
Medical School," ajoint project of Virginia
Common- Mini wealth Uni-versityand
Med the Sci-ence
School Museum of
Virginia,
with sup-port
from the Annabelle R. Jenkins Foun­dation.
Collegiate School is hosting this
year's program, which features many VCU
health·care professionals. From top: At
the first session on Sept. 16, Dr. Rita Wil­lett
intrOduced participants to "Primary
Care: Diagnosis of Disease." Sue Ann
Messmer, vice provost for university out-reach,
consults with Robert l. Thalhimer,
deputy director of the Science Museum;
Beverly A. Rzigalinski, assistant professor
of pharmacology and toxicology and this
year's coordinator; and Beverly Sgro,
interim head of Collegiate School and Vir-ginia's
former secretary of education.
ic population has dou­bled
since 1994.
"A diverse student body is a major
attribute of Virginia Commonwealth
UniverSity," Dr. Trani said. "Students
come to VCU because they want to be
in the real world, and the VCU enroll­ment
re flects the American population
The governor announced the commission ata
Sept. 22 news conference at the veu School of
Engineering.
''These 34 men and women -representing this
ad,ninistration, the GeneraIAssembly and the high­technology
industry - are highly qualified individ­uals
who will ensure a bright future for IT
Pkase see TECH.OlOGY page 2
Please see BOARD page 2
Hunt Appointed
Dean of Dentistry
by Joe Kuttenkuler
University News Services y:rginia Commonwealth
University's board of visitors
on Sept. 17 appointed Dr.
Ronald J. Hunt as dean of its
School of Dentistry. Hunt replaces
Dr. Lindsay Hunt, who announced
his resignation last October.
'We are very pleased to have
Dr. Hunt join us as our 14th dean,"
said Dr. Hermes Kontos, VCU vice
president for health sciences. "Dr.
Hunt has an excellent combination
of training and leadership skills.
His background and experience
at the University of North Caroli­na
at Chapel Hill has prepared him
well for this
position."
Hun t
held the
position of
associate
dean for aca­demic
affairs
in the School
of Dentistry
at UNC
since 1992. He was awarded a Dis­tinguished
Visiting Scholarship for
one month to the department of
dentistry at the University of Ade­laide,
South Australia during 1990,
as well as a three-month fellowship
with the American Association of
Please see HUNT page 6
Founding Engineering Dean to Retire
~le founding dean of Vir­ginia
Commonwealth Uni­versity's
3-year-old School of
Engineerj)'g will retire at the close
of the 1998-99 academic year.
Henry A. McGee Jr. joined VCU
in February 1994, when plans for
the school were unveiled. The
board of visitors made the
announcement on Sept. 17.
McGee will continue his aHil­iation
with VCU as dean emeri­tus,
promoting the Engineering
School with the external commu­nity
and assisting in fund-raiSing.
"In the past four years, we've
made significant progress in detail­ing
the ambitions for our School of
Engineering," said McGee, a
chemical engineer whose career
includes appointments at Virginia
Tech and the National Science
Foundation. "As we outlined OUf
plans, we generated support from
diverse partners, particularly in the
industrial sector, that is a critical
ingredient in achieving our vision.
"My focus has been on that
broad vision, and we are at an
appropriate moment in our young
school's growth for a new dean who
Please see McGee })(Ige 2